Thursday, March 24, 2011

I think this challenge could be taken in so many different ways. Since I really love the Venetian Carnival masks, I wanted to go in that direction and just make the interpretation fairly simple. Nothing too crazy on this one -- textured overlays and drop shadows. Thanks for looking:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

I initially was going to use this photo of Anna Mae Wong for the "Exotic" theme, but after working with it I thought it spoke more to "waiting". Anyway, I didn't do a lot to it other than blend some textures, but I really like the way it turned out. Thanks for looking!

Monday, March 21, 2011

I've always wanted to use the photo of these two women. I started designing for Theme #20 - Half, but then when I was finished I decided it spoke more to Past Days (whimsically, of course). As always, thanks for looking, and I really appreciate your comments!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

What could be more innocent than a child with a kitten? I really enjoyed using DeviantScrap's ColorSplash kit which is currently featured in Somerset's Digital Studio magazine. There are some super great papers and random elements that makes it so much fun to play with. I am also a very big admirer of Marsha Jorgensen of Tumblefish Studios and love her collage elements that are available in her Etsy shop. Thanks for looking!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

There are some photos that just can't be kept in a box ... they represent a special moment that you want to remember, or evoke a feeling that connects you to that point in time. Maybe there's a certain message that you feel that photo represents. I feel that way about lots of my photos, and there are a few pieces that I've done:

You know how we all have tons of family photos and they are scattered all over the place ... in boxes, in drawers, in ... who know's where? I've been doing a lot of family photo collages where several photos can be showcased. The images are either extracted from their original photos or kept as original and then framed. These pieces are in a 12"x12" format (a large scrapbooking page). Here are a few that I've done:

This is my son as he has grown up ...

A friend of mine wanted a piece to give to her nieces and nephews using several old family photos, but she didn't want a lot of embellishments. This is what we came up with:

This is a piece again using old family photos:

This type of memory art is a great visual representation of your family memories from the past or present.

One of the challenges at Digital Whisper was to create a piece of art in the style of Teesha Moore using a provided starter image. I had so much fun with this because it's such a different style than I'm using to doing. My wonderful husband gave me a Wacom tablet for my birthday so I got to doodle around and play. This challenge was a great wake-up call to play more!

Each of us is on our own road in life -- who knows where it will take us? I guess this piece reflects my feeling of not being too tied down to life being a certain way. You never know where that pothole is and there could be major road work ahead. I think we just need to be open to different paths and see where the journey takes us ...

Sunday, March 13, 2011

I belong to a digital art group called Digital Whisper. Each week there is a theme to design around, and it's challenging to get creative. There is a new challenge for the 2011, however, and Kimmie has created a 100 Themes Challenge to be completed within the year. We can complete the themes in whatever order we wish and whatever size we want. This will really keep me on my creative toes this year! This is what I have submitted so far:

Friday, March 11, 2011

I've asked myself the question so many times over the past few years: what would I attempt to do if I knew I would not fail? And here it is: I would put my digital art out in the world and in turn see if I could show people how they can see their own photos in a different way.

So this blog will be a place to show my art in my world and also pieces that I have created for others.

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About Me

I've always been a crafter of some sort -- from making felt Christmas ornaments with my sister when we were kids, and now loving the world of digital art. I'm a legal assistant by day (a completely detail-oriented job with no room to go outside the box). But when I get home and into my craftroom, I can go outside all those boxes and make my own world.